Category: PI NEWS

In February, the first PROFINET Plugfest with special focus on High Availability took place in Amberg, Germany; a general Plugfest is planned for June. In North America, another PROFINET Plugfest is being planned to occur in the second half of 2018.

In Industry 4.0 applications, converged networks add real value, especially IT and OT networks connecting seamlessly. TSN may well be helpful in overcoming hurdles in communication, but IT systems still don’t understand the meaning of individual pieces of data from the machine. Even more is needed.

It’s an exciting time to be involved in industrial automation. New solutions are taking shape and stand to make automation networks easier to manage, faster to run, and most importantly, provide value like never before.

This NEW PI white paper explores the differences and similarities of PROFIBUS and PROFINET. The material also includes an overview of technology adoption, migration strategies, and PROFIBUS to PROFINET proxies.

PI presents new Marketing Flyers for Process Automation and PROFIdrive. With exciting advances planned in these areas (process control and motion control, respectively) during the upcoming year, these flyers provide a broad overview of the benefits arising from using our future-proof technologies.

“The new PI booth had around 100 co-exhibitors, which shows the importance that members attribute to PI. Vendors, chip-manufacturers, or service-providers: they all see the value in being part of PI’s global community” commented Karsten Schneider, PI Chairman, after the SPS/IPC/Drives 2017 fair.